(Note: only subindustries with at least 150 equity financings to mobile companies since 2011 were considered, since these are likely areas where mobile has shown some traction, and are more likely to be relevant in the near future.)

The Future of Fintech

A 123-page report covering VC funding trends for fintech and the developments in large categories such as wealth management, blockchain, remittance tech, and insurance tech.

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Here are a few of the takeaways:

The most saturated areas are health & wellness along with social. Health & wellness encompasses apps like Doctor On Demand and mobile-enabled fitness wearables, and social includes messaging companies like Kik but also dating apps like Hinge. That these industries continue to see a lot of funding is unsurprising given their immense popularity with consumers since the beginnings of the smartphone era. Over the past 4 years, deal volume to both categories has increased by more than 200%.

Travel, which includes ridesharing like Uber and Lyft, has also seen funding go from dark green in Q1’12 to solid red in Q1’16, going from roughly 4 deals per quarter to more than 34.

One notably up-and-coming subindustry is the marketplaces category, which encompasses everything from mobile-lending marketplaces like JiedaiBao to used-item marketplace Wallapop. Just several quarters ago the deal volume was relatively light, but in Q1’16 the deal activity has increased by 114%, as indicated by the lone yellow rectangle.

Accounting & finance is another category that’s seeing increasing deal volume in recent quarters. Examples of companies in this mobile space would be accounting app freee and personal finance app Wacai. Quarter over quarter, the space saw a 71% increase in deals in Q1’16.

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